We just were told by the Comcast tech that our modem needed updated (it was 11 years old). He advised to purchase online since Comcast only rents them now. I did a little research and purchased the Motorola Surfboard SB6121 modem on Amazon.com. It was $89.00 with free shipping. We already have an Apple wireless router so this worked great. They also offer a similar model that has wireless built in if you need it. Personally, we like the Apple router being separate with the security it has, but then again we have all Apple products in our house so it seems to work flawless with these. FYI, when we plugged in our new modem it did not work. You have to call Comcast customer service and give them the MAC address and model so that they can register it. Then it immediately worked. Hope this helps.
P.S. When we called into register the modem, the Comcast customer service rep said she owned the same modem at home and that it was a very good modem.
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